Raja Bomoh now says he can help 'shield' Malaysia from diseases
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): He claimed back in 2014 that he could help the government find missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
15 medical staff down with COVID-19, 1 in ICU
PETALING JAYA (March 20): The health ministry said a total of 15 healthcare workers, including three from the private sector, have been infected with the COVID-19 virus, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.
Gamuda Land says Singapore JV project OLA oversubscribed
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Gamuda Bhd’s property arm Gamuda Land said today that its 548 unit executive condominium joint venture (JV) project known as OLA (pictured) in Singapore has been oversubscribed, after receiving 1,163 electronic applications from interested buyers.
No more exports of face masks, says Putrajaya
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The government has actually already banned the export of face masks effective March 18 in light of the COVID-19 situation in the country, says the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry.
AirAsia independent internal inquiry clears bosses Tony, Kamarudin of bribery allegations; posts reinstated
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): BDO Governance Advisory Sdn Bhd, appointed by the board committee of AirAsia Group Bhd and AirAsia X Bhd (AAX) to assist in undertaking an independent review on corruption allegations related to the Airbus scandal against their co-founders Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, has given the duo the all clear.
Cagamas conducts RM450m in issuances to purchase mortgage loans from financial system
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Cagamas Bhd has conducted RM450 million in issuances, which will be used to fund the purchase of mortgage loans from the financial system.
Public needs to be truthful in giving history and close contacts: Health DG
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Malaysia’s Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has urged the public or patients to be truthful and not to hide information in giving their history and close contacts.
Army mobilised to help enforce MCO from Sunday
KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): The army will be roped in to assist the police in enforcing the Movement Control Order (MCO) from Sunday onwards, said defence minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri.
PJ authorities disperse huge crowd at Section 17 market
PETALING JAYA (March 20): Authorities dispersed a huge crowd of people at a wet market in Section 17, Petaling Jaya, this morning, Malaysiakini reported today.
Working from home and loving it
Jason Oh, an employee of a hospitality company currently based in Hong Kong — one of the countries affected by the COVID-19 outbreak that saw schools being shut down and the government rolling out a fiscal stimulus package to ease the impact of the virus – was required to work from home after the Chinese New Year holidays until the end of February 2020.
